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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
"This period in history - from the disintegration of the Roman Empire in the West during the fourth and fifth centuries to the middle of the fifteenth century and stretching to the early Renaissance...." Concise History of Western Music, p. 6 -
Period: 1025 to 1028
Guido of Arezzo's formulation of the Solmization System
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Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1320
Ars Nova Treatise
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Period: 1450 to
Renaissance Period
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1529
Martin Luther Chorale - Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress..)
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1539
Arcadelt Madrigal - Il bianco e dolce cigno
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1567
Palestrina - Pope Marcellus Mass
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Victoria - Missa O magnum mysterium
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Giovanni Gabrieli - Sacrae Symphoniae
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Sacrae Symphoniae is a large collection of motets and other sacred pieces -
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Baroque Period
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Monteverdi - L'Orfeo
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First Public Concerts in England
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J. S. Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi - L'Estro Armonico
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Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier vol. 1
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Rameau - Traité de l’harmonie
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Viennese Classical Period
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Handel - Messiah
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W. A. Mozart
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Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges directs Concerts des Amateurs
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges is regarded as one of the most talented composer/conductor/violinists in France, leading one of the finest orchestras in Europe. -
Mozart - Don Giovanni
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Haydn - "Surprise" Symphony No. 94